24.3 The System Browser

The System Browser provides an intuitive graphical way to examine and operate on systems and their members.

For example, the operation outlined in A brief introduction to systems would be performed by the System Browser menu commands
Systems > Compilation options > Force
followed by
Systems > Compile
.

To create a System Browser, choose
Window > Tools > System Browser or press
in the LispWorks toolbar. Alternatively, choose
File > Browse Parent System from any appropriate tool in the environment or execute
Esc X Describe System in an editor, to display the parent system for the selected or current file in the System Browser. See Operating on files for details.

In order to browse a system, first ensure it is defined. To define a system, load the Lisp source code containing the
defsystem
form into the Lisp image. For instance, open the file in an Editor and choose
File > Load. Alternatively, choose
File > Load... from the System Browser and choose a file to load in the dialog that appears.